Winter and the Green

 Winter is such a cold season.  Not just in temperature but in how much else it removes from the world.  It removes not only the warmth, but all of the color, leaving only dull browns, grays and whites.  A monochromatic photo of the world around.  I long for the color of green again.  The pines, yes they are green, but even they have that lusterless hue that is washed in sepia.  

I'm not asking for the garish neon of summer or intense pastel of spring, just the green of warmth, of hope, of a promise that world has not lost it's life just yet, but is waiting to awaken from it's slumber.  And that I too will awake from this slumber... to come alive once more.  

I have whispered green

I have whispered green

The grass so thick and lush like 

velvet upon my bare skin

Prickling, tickling, touching

making its way in

I have whispered green
Into the sun and the forbidden
cracks in the broken asphalt road
Jutting, cutting, strutting
pushing through to the world above

I have whispered green
And broken free to the other side
and the thing that keeps me
rooted, muted, suited
in these too tight places is the earth that keeps me alive

I have whispered green
Sherry Lore 6-21-05

Solstice Meditation 2014

Solstice Meditation 2014

In this time of year, 

everyone holds their breath…

Till the sun rises.

Instead, I say, 

Embrace the darkness

Hear the silence of the world,

Feel the oneness of the universe

In that moment of fear and awe

And hold it dear to you

So we can be ourselves, as we truly are

Stripped bare of the world around,

Without the colors and lights crashing into us,

Pummeling, blinding, our every waking thought

We are so much more than the light and the world around us

We are dreams and hope, we are joys and pains

We are memories and loss, we are life and light unto ourselves...

We are stars in our own right

Reflect and refract upon that darkness,

Enrapture yourself in it...

so you can remember

Who you were and are 

and learn who you want to be

Before that light breaks the sky

and you are pulled

Once more 

into the glaring world

Lost in the light 

of another star

Lonely Swing in the Autumn Twilight

I am waiting for the Spring and hope, warmth and green to sprout again.

New Poem

Soar

Soar,  soar,  rise above it all
Let yourself jump from that cliff
And  feel yourself fall

Fly high above the green leafed branches
Above the concrete,  steel and angry glass masses
Above the pettiness, fear and the pain
Past the anger,  frustration,  you,  me, and blame

And soar,  soar,  rise above it all
Let yourself jump from that cliff
And feel yourself fall
Like the fool you have been...
Ignorance is bliss
Blind to the acts that bring about consequence
Thinking the world revolves around you
Acting like there is nothing more you can do

But soar,  soar,  rise above it all
Let yourself jump from that cliff
And fall
Then hit at the bottom  till you find your own wings
Funny how life's hardships bring about change
Evolving,  revolving, surrounding ourselves in the misery...
life's history...
of everyone else

Till we soar, soar,  rise above it all
Jumping from that cliff is just our chance
To fall... then soar

~Sherry Lore
December 2014